PARIS – New international guidelines for polymyalgia rheumatica will focus on standardizing treatment practice across specialties.
When adopted, the proposed guidelines will succeed those published...
LAS VEGAS – Analysis of data from a company that provides therapy for low testosterone showed that the treatment was not associated with a higher risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in men, and...
PARIS – Impaired vibratory sense and muscle strength may be important risk factors for knee instability in persons with or at risk for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, according to an analysis of a...
Current recommendations and labeling regarding the use of dabigatran will not change, based on the results of a large observational cohort study comparing the risks of the direct thrombin inhibitor...
Cerebral vascular damage from small-vessel disease appears to aggravate the deposition of amyloid, particularly in patients carrying the apolipoprotein E e4 genotype, according to a report published...
PARIS – Use of conservative, nonpharmacologic osteoarthritis therapies was relatively low and varied considerably across 10 primary care clinics within the same U.S. health care system.
In seven of...
CHICAGO – More and more elderly people are getting infected with Clostridium difficile, and many get readmitted to the hospital after initial treatment for this potentially deadly diarrheal...
ORLANDO – Up to half of all cases of Alzheimer’s disease are attributable to seven modifiable risk factors – including depression, Dr. Kristine Yaffe asserted in her 2014 AAGP Distinguished Scientist...
ORLANDO – Duloxetine for the treatment of late-life depression missed its primary end point in a recent large randomized trial, but it did result in consistently significant clinical improvement,...